---
name: "Brad Hall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brad-hall"
fi1m_id: "brad-hall"
imdb_id: "nm0355357"
tmdb_id: 70743
wikidata_id: "Q1193027"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "21 March 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T01:03:46.055631+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brad Hall

## Identity

Brad Hall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brad-hall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brad-hall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0355357
- **TMDB ID:** 70743
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1193027
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70743

Director. Born 21 March 1958 in Santa Barbara, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 21 March 1958, Santa Barbara, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2012
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 1 directing, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Alex Gregory](https://film.one/person/alex-gregory.md), [Peter Huyck](https://film.one/person/peter-huyck.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70743

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **HBO Max:** [*Veep*](https://film.one/tv/veep.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brad Hall is an American writer, actor, producer and director. Born William Bradford Hall on 21 March 1958 in Santa Barbara, California, he began his career performing with the Practical Theatre Company in Chicago before joining the cast of Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1984, where he anchored Saturday Night News.

As a television writer, Hall contributed an episode to the first season of Frasier in 1993. He created and served as executive producer on the sitcoms The Single Guy (1995–1997) and Watching Ellie (2002–2003). He also worked as a writer, supervising producer and director on Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993), receiving a Primetime Emmy nomination, and co-wrote the 1995 feature film Bye Bye Love.

Hall is married to actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Fi1m 73, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *First Time Female Director* (2023), as Miles Paris
- *American Auto* (2021), series, as Richard
- *Undone* (2019), series, as Charlie
- *Generosity of Eye* (2015), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as John William Weichselbraun — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Picture Paris* (2012), Producer, Director, Writer
- *Veep* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *The Naughty Kitchen* (2009), series, Producer
- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), series, as Wreston St. James — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md)
- *Must Love Dogs* (2005), as Stanley · Executive Producer
- *Old Tom* (2002), series, Writer
- *Watching Ellie* (2002), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Bob Patterson* (2001), series, Creator
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Brad Hall — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)
- *The Single Guy* (1995), series, Writer, Creator
- *Bye Bye Love* (1995), as Phil · Writer, Producer
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Boris and Natasha* (1992), Story
- *Brooklyn Bridge* (1991), series, Producer, Director, Writer
- *The Guardian* (1990), as Ned Runcie
- *Limit Up* (1989), as Marty Callahan
- *Worth Winning* (1989), as Eric
- *Empty Nest* (1988), series, as Chuck
- *Day by Day* (1988), series, as Charlie
- *Troll* (1986), as William Daniels

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1992: Outstanding Comedy Series (nominated), for *Brooklyn Bridge*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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